D&D General Royal Mail D&D 50th Anniversary Stamps

The UK's Royal Mail is releasing a set of 50th Anniversary D&D stamps. They're different from the US ones, and have new art from Wayne Reynolds.

You can get the stamps in a presentation pack, or individual stamps enlarged and framed, along with stamp books and collector's sheets.

The Royal Mail has an interview with Wayne Reynolds here.

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[Superchunk77]

They commissioned Wayne Reynolds, and it looks like Pathfinder stamps. Hire your main competitor's main character artist to do character art, splash DnD all over it, and send it through the mail. I'm sure this is not a power play.

It's not. Wayne did tons of D&D art/covers for 3e and 4e books. He's an artist and isn't beholden to one publisher or another.

 

[Queer Venger]

I like them better than the US version. And some art pieces have been especially made for this set.

When is the last time Wayne Reynold's art featured in a D&D book?

Iconic Reynolds returns to D&D, we knew he'd come back <3

 

[Queer Venger]

It's not. Wayne did tons of D&D art/covers for 3e and 4e books. He's an artist and isn't beholden to one publisher or another.

No artist should, but sometimes art becomes very identifiable with a brand, thus Reynolds and PF

 

[dead]

Iconic Reynolds returns to D&D, we knew he'd come back <3

I guess if he hasn't done anything for 5E it's been at least 10 years. I wonder if they'll invite him back to do D&D books again.

 

[Queer Venger]

well since he's not beholden to any publisher or edition I hope so!!

 

[ngenius]

Beautiful collection of stamps. Butprobably the choice of Wayne Reynolds beign a British artist was a factor, since his D&D work is iconic in the 4th Edition but not 5th, and his most recent work is Pathfinder and 2nd Edition Pathfinder, so at first I thought those pieces were Pathfinder art.

 

[rules.mechanic]

My stamps arrived today - they look pretty good

 

[John R Davis]

Yes they are

 

[Echohawk]

Ordered some. They do look pretty cool.

I also ordered some. Specifically the Prestige Stamp Book although, gosh, there are a lot of options there that make the collector-me twitchy .